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Agile / Business Analysis / Product Management / Requirements / Requirements Models / Software development / User Stories

Sprint Backlog – Don’t Solve Half of the Problem

Posted on: September 8, 2010

Every team that transitions to agile faces this problem – some stories are too big to fit in a single sprint. Most of the teams that I have worked with have the wrong instinct – to solve half of the problem for all users. The right approach is to first […]

Agile / Business Analysis / Product Management / Requirements / Requirements Models / Software development / User Stories

Agile Non-Functional Requirements

Posted on: February 10, 2009

Just because your requirement is not a user story does not mean you have to throw it out when planning your next sprint. See one way (that is working) for managing non-functional requirements with an agile team.

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Satisficing Sprints

Posted on: November 12, 2008

Satisficing probably makes more sense than perfecting your product. Can? Open. Worms? Everywhere. Are we really saying “don’t make it perfect?” Yup.

Agile / Prioritization / Product Management / Requirements / ROI / Software development

Plan Your Next Sprint By ROI: Part 1

Posted on: October 16, 2008

You’ve got a giant backlog of user stories and product capabilities. How do you determine which stories to implement right now? By the estimated value of each story? Pick the ones the developers want to build next? How about picking the stories that maximize the ROI of the sprint? To […]

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